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Why the Future of Tesla May Depend on Knowing What Happened to Billy Durant

Steve Blank

A version of this article appeared in the Harvard Business Review. Sloan Foundation , the Sloan School of Management at MIT , the Sloan program at Stanford , and the Sloan/Kettering Memorial Cancer Center in New York. Durant died managing a bowling alley in Flint, Michigan, in 1947. There’s the Alfred P.

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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. So contrary to the piece, it wasn’t VC were good at early stage technology, it was that they had newfound capital and a big exit window.

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6 Tips for Coming Up With Your Million-Dollar Business Idea

Up and Running

Don’t get focused on the tech or how to dominate the market, just identify a problem and set about solving it. Along the way, the group brought on another classmate, Joe Miller, to handle the technology end. After that, she used a combination of high-tech and low-tech to develop her idea. “I In the end, the review?

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

According to the Harvard Business Review, in most U.S. InStove contributes both the technology for efficient stoves, and the means to create sustainable jobs. Here in the U.S. B corp, or Benefit Corporation. Maryland was the first U.S. state to adopt this structure in 2010. with many more states pending legislation.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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Technology. Message Center ( new). This service is temporary unavailable due to system maintenance. Loading… New York. Loading… Tech. Personal Technology. TECHNOLOGY. more in Tech. Find New $LINKTEXTFIND$ » smaller. WSJ Classroom. Ran gold Resources Ltd.

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Monday night: HBS Angels of NY Investor Meeting and Company Presentations

David Teten

HBS Angels of New York is holding its first full investor meeting Monday night, June 13. For more information on HBS Angels of New York and how to join, visit hbscny.org/angels. All high quality applicants to IvyDate are reviewed by a Membership Committee. Click here to buy tickets. StyleMusée. Monday, June 13th.

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The Adventures Of The World’s Greatest Negotiator

Duct Tape Marketing

Rich is the New York Times-bestselling author of several books of Tough Jews, Monsters, Sweet and Low. More About Rich Cohen: His new book — The Adventures of Herbie Cohen: World’s Greatest Negotiator. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Marketing Podcast with Rich Cohen. Connect on Twitter.

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